The Brief
- Seattle and King County are restructuring the King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) after an independent forensic evaluation revealed the agency could not account for $13 million in public funds.
- An unnamed financial monitoring firm will be embedded within KCRHA through the end of the year to oversee spending, bills, and service providers starting in July.
- Officials plan to “right-size” the agency by narrowing its focus to core services, including managing its database, coordinating federal funding, and conducting the Point in Time Count.
SEATTLE – Seattle and King County will be “restructuring” the long-troubled King County Regional Homelessness Authority, after an investigation found the agency was unable to account for $13 million in public funds.
King County Executive Girmay Zahilay and Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson announced a three-step plan to “stabilize” and “reset” KCRHA.
The move comes after an independent forensic evaluation in April that uncovered serious problems regarding how the agency manages its finances, its internal controls, and its governance structure.…